- Title
- Predicting exercise behaviour in Iranian college students: utility of an integrated model of health behaviour based on the transtheoretical model and self-determination theory
- Creator
- Farmanbar, Rabiollah; Niknami, Shamsaddin; Lubans, David R.; Hidarnia, Alireza
- Relation
- Health Education Journal Vol. 72, Issue 1, p. 56-69
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0017896911430549
- Publisher
- Sage Publications
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate an integrated theoretical model of health behaviour based on constructs from the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) and Self-determination Theory (SDT). Design: Cross-sectional. Methods: Participants (N = 418) were students from five medical sciences universities located in northern Iran. Participants completed translated versions of Godin and Shephard’s Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire (LTEQ) and another questionnaire which included a range of constructs from the TTM and SDT. Data were analyzed using bivariate correlation and structural equation modeling. Results: The relationships between exercise behaviour and all of the constructs from the TTM and SDT (except external regulation) were statistically significant. The modified model provided a good fit to the data and explained 82% of the variance in current exercise behaviour. All of the structural pathways, with the exception of pros and cons, were significant and positive. Conclusions: Study findings support the application of an integrated model of health behaviour combining constructs from the TTM and SDT to explain the exercise behaviour of Iranian college students.
- Subject
- behaviour change; health promotion; physical activity; structural equation modeling; university students
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1301020
- Identifier
- uon:20205
- Identifier
- ISSN:0017-8969
- Language
- eng
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